Tarsus in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tarsus in context

1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TarsusMersin (Region)Turkey (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tarsus plotted against Mersin and Turkey. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Tarsus's incremental SNDi rose from 1.72 to 1.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tarsus ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Mersin and 47th out of 174 in Turkey as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.94
Rank in Turkey
56th of 174
Rank in Mersin
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.68
Rank in Turkey
47th of 174
Rank in Mersin
1st of 3

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

0481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TarsusKamitugaTernopil

While Kamituga and Ternopil both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, Tarsus fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Kamituga and Ternopil both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Tarsus became progressively more disconnected. Tarsus and Ternopil have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.